The surfer, identified as 19-year-old Nathaniel John Ramirez, was pronounced dead Nov. 7, two days after he was rescued from ...

The high surf has caused devasting damage to the Santa Cruz Harbor. The huge swells rolled in on Monday during the day and through the night. These waves broke apart the docks, smashed boats together, ...

An unconscious surfer was pulled from the water Wednesday morning near The Hook surf break on Santa Cruz's East Side as a storm blanketed Santa Cruz County with rain, high winds, large waves and ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but ...

For years, the San Lorenzo River mouth surf break in Santa Cruz has been celebrated by local surfers and historians as the location where surfing was first introduced to the continental United ...

SANTA CRUZ — The local nonprofit Save the Waves Coalition released a report Tuesday that shows how sea level rise could affect Santa Cruz County surf breaks and the local economy. “Surfing is more ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The last wave of customers rolled into an iconic surf shop Tuesday in downtown Santa Cruz. The flagship O'Neill Surf Shop on Pacific Avenue is shutting down. An employee ...

AND A CEREMONIAL PADDLE OUT. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER... JOYCE KIM... HAS THE DETAILS. # "1885 THREE PRINCES CAME HERE TO SANTA CRUZ, AND IT'S THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...